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Heather Irene Justus

My blogging here is not an endorsement of any other opinion but my own.
I'm no longer new to blogging, I've been writing locally and nationally since 2007 starting here at the Liberal OC. I was born in New York and grew up in Huntington Beach, CA and currently live in Aliso Viejo.
I graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in English and Film and eventually may go back to school, but I'm still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. Until then, I work and write and try to do something useful here in the OC by using the word to point out the things that make me frustrated. It's a daily struggle.
Issues that peak my interest the most are environmental (yes, I don't just 'believe" in climate change, I listen to all those whacky scientists), gender and body issues (women deserve equal pay, I'm a feminist too, crazy) to the continuing widening economic gap we are not enjoying here in the US (which ties to education, stagnant wages and debt). So many issues, but those are the top three right now.
I am an unabashed corgi lover, nerd and all around strange girl. I am lucky enough to be raising a wonderful daughter as well and enjoying being unmarried.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaoYD7iZG9w[/youtube] Ã‚Â I don’t want to present myself as some sort of singular figure.Ã‚Â I think part of what’s different are the times.Ã‚Â I do think that for example the 1980 was different.Ã‚Â I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill…

In a new poll released today the RGJÃ‚Â shows Nevada as a statistical dead heat.Ã‚Â That’s right, John still has a shot at winning Nevada.Ã‚Â The Margin of error for this poll is 4.5 points, well within the spread between candidates. Barack Obama: 32 percent Hillary Clinton: 30 percent John Edwards: 27 percent But it’s not…

Democrats, independents and Republicans who are tired of the division and distraction that has clouded Washington, who know that we can disagree without being disagreeable, who understand that, if we mobilize our voices to challenge the money and influence that stood in our way and challenge ourselves to reach for something better, there is no…

Naline Sarkisyan is unfortunately a name that many of us are familiar with for the wrong reasons. Cigna had denied her request for a liver transplant and many people were outraged by their denial, multiple denials in fact. It became a much more public issue when The California Nurses Association urged people to call Cigna…

Yesterday was the largest turn out for an Iowa Caucus ever and so many of those who came to caucus were young and as they would say “Fired up and ready to go”.Ã‚Â And went they did.Ã‚Â Obama won the night and his supporters are celebrating. But there is a story that’s being ignored by…

John Edwards has written a short commentary for the Wall Street Journal on what he intends to do to stop corporate abuses. That’s right, abuses. All of us are familiar with the examples of corporate abuse, such as Enron and the loss of hundreds of pension by hard working people. The average CEO makes 400…